Carl James Debono Recieves the 2019 MGA Achievement Award
For his outstanding leadership and dedication in enhancing conferences and technical activities in Region 8 Most IEEE’s activities are run by its volunteers. As we had previously written in IEEE Region 8 Today, IEEE Volunteers are the beating heart of IEEE. A non paid position,…
February 11th: International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Less than 30 per cent of researchers worldwide are women On 22 December 2015, the General Assembly decided to establish an annual International Day to recognize the critical role women and girls play in science and technology, through Resolution A/RES/70/212. The International Day of Women…
Exoskeleton developed by Greek Students helps people with disabilities
Hermes Team consisted of IEEE Greek Student Members shares the message of innovation and dedication developing a powered exoskeleton for people with disabilities. IEEE Region 8 Student and Young Professionals Congress (SYP) has the primary goal to enhance and foster the engineering sense and…
Ana Margarida Trigo Shares Her Inspiration in Being An Engineer
“Engineering was presented to me as the most awesome thing ever, so how could I not choose to be an engineer?” – Ana Margarida Trigo In “The Guardian” article “How changing attitudes are closing the gender gap in engineering” it is described that “Engineering is…
Ana Cigarán Romero speaks at IEEE Region 8 Today and inspires us
The Chair of IEEE Region 8 Women in Engineering , Ana Cigarán Romero shares inspiration and motivation about women and young girls to get closer with engineering and technology A woman, a mother, an engineer, an IEEE volunteer. It sounds like a variety of…
IEEE Volunteers: The beating heart of IEEE
“Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless.” ― Sherry Anderson Every IEEE member knows well that, IEEE is the biggest professional organization, and the most common answer given when someone asks “what does IEEE do”, is “Foster technology for the…
Celebrating 10 Years of IEEE Day
IEEE Day’s theme is: “Leveraging Technology for a Better Tomorrow”. While the world benefits from what’s new, IEEE focuses on what’s next. IEEE Day can be characterized as the most favorite event of all IEEE members Globally, especially students. During this day we celebrate the…
A New Era of Transformation: the 18th edition of EED
The Minister of Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat delivered a speech during the Egyptian Engineering Day 2019 Bridging the gap between industry and academia is an issue concerning many, but also IEEE. There are numerous examples of the times that has been mentioned the…
Katie Bouman: An IEEE member behind the first black hole image
Black holes have always increased our curiosity, and have been throughout the years many times in the center of interest in different sectors. Being first predicted by Albert Eistein’s theory of relativity, black holes became the astronomers focus, to search and find overwhelming evidence that…
Soft Skills enhancement is a lifelong credential
IEEE rewards its members by helping them enhance their soft skills through its multiple activities According to Forbes “Soft Skills Are The Key To Finding The Most Valuable Employees”. Even though enhancing our hard skills, such as statistical analysis, SEO/SEM marketing, software development, data mining,…
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